Meanings
nounsteam turbine (plural steam turbines)
plural steam turbines
- A system of angled and shaped blades arranged on a rotor through which steam is passed to generate rotational energy. Today, normally used in power stations.
It was opened in 1904 as the largest traction power station in Europe and one of the first to use steam turbines, which have been the only game in town for power stations ever since.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 139
Translations
Arabic عنفة بخارية
- عنفة بخاريةsystem through which steam is passed
Basque lurrun-turbina
- lurrun-turbinasystem through which steam is passed
Bengali বাষ্পীয় টার্বাইন
- বাষ্পীয় টার্বাইন (baśpiẏo ṭarbain)system through which steam is passed
Bulgarian парна турбина
- парна турбина (parna turbina)system through which steam is passed
Catalan turbina de vapor
- turbina de vaporsystem through which steam is passed
Chinese Mandarin 蒸汽渦輪發動機 /蒸汽涡轮发动机
- 蒸汽渦輪發動機 /蒸汽涡轮发动机system through which steam is passed
Czech parní turbína
- parní turbínasystem through which steam is passed
Danish dampturbine
- dampturbinesystem through which steam is passed
Dutch stoomturbine
- stoomturbinesystem through which steam is passed
Estonian auruturbiin
- auruturbiinsystem through which steam is passed
Finnish höyryturbiini
- höyryturbiinisystem through which steam is passed
French turbine à vapeur
- turbine à vapeursystem through which steam is passed
German Dampfturbine
- Dampfturbinesystem through which steam is passed
Greek ατμοστρόβιλος
- ατμοστρόβιλος (atmostróvilos)system through which steam is passed
Hebrew טוּרְבִּינַת קִיטוֹר
- טוּרְבִּינַת קִיטוֹר (turbinat kitor)system through which steam is passed
Hindi भाप टरबाइन
- भाप टरबाइन (bhāp ṭarbāin)system through which steam is passed
Hungarian gőzturbina
- gőzturbinasystem through which steam is passed
Indonesian turbin uap
- turbin uapsystem through which steam is passed
Irish tuirbín gaile
- tuirbín gailesystem through which steam is passed
Italian turbina a vapore
- turbina a vaporesystem through which steam is passed
Japanese 蒸気タービン
- 蒸気タービンsystem through which steam is passed
Korean 증기 터빈
- 증기 터빈 (jeunggi teobin)system through which steam is passed
Lithuanian garo turbina
- garo turbinasystem through which steam is passed
Malay turbin stim
- turbin stimsystem through which steam is passed
Norwegian Bokmål dampturbin
- dampturbinsystem through which steam is passed
Persian توربین بخار
- توربین بخارsystem through which steam is passed
Polish turbina parowa
- turbina parowasystem through which steam is passed
Portuguese turbina a vapor
- turbina a vaporsystem through which steam is passed
Romanian turbină cu abur
- turbină cu abursystem through which steam is passed
Russian парова́я турби́на, паротурби́на
- парова́я турби́на (parovája turbína)system through which steam is passed
- паротурби́на (paroturbína)system through which steam is passed
Slovak parná turbína
- parná turbínasystem through which steam is passed
Spanish turbina de vapor
- turbina de vaporsystem through which steam is passed
Swedish ångturbin
- ångturbinsystem through which steam is passed
Tamil நீராவிச்சுழலி
- நீராவிச்சுழலி (nīrāviccuḻali)system through which steam is passed
Thai กังหันไอน้ำ
- กังหันไอน้ำ (gang-hǎn-ai-náam)system through which steam is passed
Turkish buhar türbini
- buhar türbinisystem through which steam is passed
Ukrainian парова турбіна
- парова турбіна (parova turbina)system through which steam is passed
Vietnamese động cơ tuốc bin hơi nước
- động cơ tuốc bin hơi nướcsystem through which steam is passed
Cite this entry
APA
steam turbine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steam%20turbine
MLA
“steam turbine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steam%20turbine. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steam turbine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steam%20turbine.
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